12:07 AM – Set my alarm on my phone to wake up at 7 AM.
12:15 AM – Turn on my television and watch Family Guy on Hulu.
12:45 AM – Switch my television over to YouTube and turn on white noise so I can sleep.
7:00 AM – Wake up to my phone’s alarm going off.
7:02 AM – Check text messages and respond to them.
7:05 AM – Watch TikTok.
7:35 AM- Get out of bed and remotely shut off the air conditioning unit in my room.
7:37 AM- Walk to the bathroom and turn on the lights to shower.
7:36 AM- Play music from Spotify on my phone and get in the shower.
8:00 AM- Rush out the door and start my car to head to campus for my first class at 9 AM.
8:05 AM- Place a Dunkin’ order on the app on my phone.
8: 45 AM- Make it to my class and turn on my laptop and connect to the Wi-Fi to pull Canvas up.
9:20 AM – Take notes on my iPad using Notability.
10:00 AM – Sit in the Hurley Convergence Center and reconnect to the Wi-Fi to get some work done before my next class at 11 AM.
10:12 AM – Text my friend back.
10:35 AM – Submit an assignment for class on Canvas.
10:55 AM – Use the elevator to go to the third floor of the Hurley Convergence Center.
11:00 AM – Reconnect to the Wi-Fi again to pull up Canvas for class.
11:20 AM – Watch my professor lecture using the computer at the front of the class to connect to the televisions at all of the separate tables in the classroom.
12:00 PM – Scan my Eagle ID at the University Center to grab lunch.
12:45 PM – Do some reading for my class the next day using my laptop.
1:15 PM – Go to a vending machine and using Apple Pay to buy a Celsius before heading to the library.
1:30 PM – Make it to the library and watch TikTok before working on more homework.
2:00 PM – Connect my laptop to Wi-Fi to look up a few sources for a research project.
3:00 PM – Use the stack number on the library’s website to find the book I need for research on the shelves.
3:30 – 6:30 PM – Complete a few assignments for various classes on Canvas.
6:40 PM – Turn on my car to head home and plug in my phone to the AUX cord to play music from Spotify on my phone.
7:10 PM – Get home and use the oven to make some chicken nuggets for dinner.
7:15 PM- Make some popcorn using the microwave.
7:30 PM – Watch The Shining on HBO Max.
10:30 PM – Go upstairs and turn on the lights in the bathroom to brush my teeth and get ready for bed.
10:45 PM – Turn on the television to watch The Cleveland Show on Hulu before going to bed.
10:50 PM – FaceTime my friend to chat while watching television.
11:15 PM – Turn on a white noise video on YouTube so I can go to bed.
11:17 PM – Text my friends back.
11:20 PM – Set my alarm for 7 AM the next day.
11:22 PM – Turn my air conditioning unit on using the remote.
My Thoughts:
Creating this digital journal to record how much I use technology in my daily life has left me feeling shocked. Like many people who were born in the late 90s to early 2000s I am extremely used to technology being a large aspect of my daily life. Technology is almost as much of a necessity as oxygen at this point. If I did not have access to the internet or technology I would have not way to communicate with my family or friends as well as no way to complete my assignments for school. When moving through my daily life I have never stopped to think about how much I use technology for, it has simply become an afterthought due to its constant use. It makes me sad in a way, especially seeing how reliant I am on it to bring me relaxation after school through watching YouTube, Hulu, HBO Max and or listening to Spotify. This inspires me to be more conscious of how much technology and internet I am using on a daily basis and motivates me to participate in more outdoor recreational activities such as going for a walk or a bike ride.